Lance Berkman
Lance Berkman
William Lance Berkman, nicknamed "Big Puma", is a former American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 February 1976
CityWaco, TX
keys order people
The key to dealing with people in general is that they have to know that you care about them. You have to deal with people in gentleness. You have to come along side of them. You can't push them. You can't pull them. You have to walk with them. In order to do that, you've got to demonstrate care for that individual. That's my whole thing
capitalize good mistakes opportunity pitches
You have to be patient, ... He makes a lot of good pitches and doesn't make many mistakes, and when he does make a mistake, you have to capitalize on it. If we get an opportunity to score, we need to do it and not let him off the hook. He's too good for that.
anybody clubhouse conduct draw example game great guy guys latino standard wealth
Viz is another guy that I think is great with not only the Latino guys but he's also great for guys like me. Anybody can draw on his wealth of experience. They set a standard for the right way to play the game and the right way to conduct yourself in the clubhouse and on the field. Their example is very important.
expected fun hard nobody
To me, it's fun to be in this position, because nobody expected us to do anything, ... We've got two weeks, we're going to play as hard as we can, and we're going to see what happens.
close open
We're the grunts. We just play baseball. Open it. Close it. I don't care.
breaks control
What are you going to do? Those are the breaks of the game, and you can't control that stuff.
certainly expected guys hands last nine nobody paid regroup rest tough win
We weren't going to win the rest of them, ... Nobody expected us to go 9-0 over the last nine games. It would have been nice, but these guys are getting paid to play, just like we are. They're a tough team. We certainly have our hands full. We just have to regroup and come back tomorrow.
doubt miss
We miss his bat. There's no doubt about that.
ahead chances double figure game good hanging late missed trying
We had some chances and I'm still trying to figure out why I missed that hanging curveball (in a sixth-inning strikeout). The double late in the game was good but that wasn't the story. We should have been ahead before that.
brad great
Brad is a great closer, and we wouldn't have been here without him.
plays
We've got a logjam out there. We'll see how that plays out. It's an interesting situation.
plays
We've got a logjam out there. We'll see how that plays out.
good
If we can get out of here with a split, we'll be in pretty good shape.
bats good hit spring year
I don't feel like I'm on fire, but I'm getting my hits. I still have those at bats when I feel like I'm back in spring training. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. If I feel like this all year and hit good that's fine.